The JOBSTART program ran from 1985 to 1989 in 13 sites (Cave, Bos, Doolittle, & Toussaint, 1993). It targeted high school dropouts aged 17 to 21 with poor reading skills and provided them with basic educational skills, hands-on job training, work placement assistance, and support services. The support services included child care, counseling, transportation aid, and work- and life-skills training. One key asset of JOBSTART was the length of time invested in participants -- an average of 7 months. The program had positive impacts on participants' earnings, but showed no positive impacts on sexual behaviors.